Awareness in Old Aged Patients During Laryngoscopy and Intubation Using Isolated Forearm Technique
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-26
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Awareness during general anesthesia - that has an incidence between 0.1% and 0.9% of cases
and may be more in elderly - remains a concern for anesthesiologists. Awareness experiences
range from isolated auditory perceptions to reports of a patient being fully awake,
immobilized, and in pain. The isolated forearm technique allows assessment of consciousness
of the external world (connected consciousness) through a verbal command to move the hand (of
a tourniquet-isolated arm) during intended general anesthesia.